English

Noun

horsewhip ‎(plural horsewhips)

1. A whip used on horses.

Translations

Verb

horsewhip ‎(third-person singular simple present horsewhips, present participle horsewhipping, simple past and past participle horsewhipped)

1. To flog or lash somebody savagely with a horsewhip.
   • 1876, Anthony Trollope, The Prime Minister:

     He had told his wife that he would ask Fletcher to give up the borough, and that he would make that request with a horsewhip in his hand […] But there were difficulties. A man is not horsewhipped simply because you wish to horsewhip him.